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" He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes to Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, and again of Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius (in such extracts as I then read), Terence, and, above all, the chaster poems of... "
The History of Christ's Hospital: From Its Foundation by King Edward the ... - Page 231
by John Iliff Wilson - 1821 - 308 pages
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Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary ..., Volume 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 312 pages
...enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time, a very severe master. He* early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes to Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, * The Rev. James Bowyer, many years Head Master of the Grammar-School, Christ Hospital. and again of...
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Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c

1820 - 474 pages
...enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time a very severe master. He* early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, and again * The Rev. James Bowyer, many years head -master of the grammar-school Christ Hospital. of Virgil to...
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Quarterly register and journal of the American education society ..., Volume 5

American education society - 1833 - 406 pages
...severe master. (The Rev. James Bowyer, many years head master of the grammar school, Christ Hospital.) He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...Theocritus to Virgil, and again of Virgil to Ovid. Ho habituated me to compare Lucretius, (in such extracts as I then road,) Terence, and above all, the...
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Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society, Volumes 5-6

1833 - 682 pages
...severe master. (The Rev. Jam«* Bowyer, many years head master of the grammar school, Christ Hospital.) He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, and again ot Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius, (in such extract« as 1 then toad,) Terence,...
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The American Quarterly Register, Volume 5

1833 - 378 pages
...England, will bo read with interest. early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes to Cicere, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, and again of Virgil to Ovid. He hahituated me to compare Lucretius, (in anch extracta as I then road,) Terence, and above all, the...
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The American Quarterly Observer, Volume 3

1834 - 410 pages
...early moulded mv taste lo the preference of Demosthenes to Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to'Virgil, and again of Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius, (in such extracts as I then read,) Terence, and above all, the chaster poems of Calullus, not only...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 42

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1834 - 564 pages
...enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time a very severe master*. He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...me to compare Lucretius, Terence, and above all the chaste poems of Catullus, not only with the Roman poets of the so-called silver and brazen ages, but...
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A History of the Royal Foundation of Christ's Hospital: With an Acount of ...

William Trollope - 1834 - 550 pages
...supply the place of further comment : — " He early moulded my taste," says Mr. Coleridge the poet, " to the preference of Demosthenes to Cicero, of Homer...Terence, and, above all, the chaster poems of Catullus, notonly with the Roman poets of the (so called) silver and brazen ages, but with even those of the...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

1834 - 590 pages
...enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time a very severe master*. He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius, * The Rev. Jamea Bowyer, лишу years head-master of the grammar-school, Christ's Hospital. Terence,...
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The American Quarterly Observer, Volume 3

Bela Bates Edwards - 1834 - 408 pages
...severe master. (The Rev. James liowyer, many years head master of the grammar school, Christ Hospital.) He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes...Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius, (in such extracts as I then read,) Terence, and above all, the chaster poems of Catullus, not only...
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